ciderman Posted February 24, 2008 Share Posted February 24, 2008 and it wasnt on the back of a yellow or orange truck???? No that was one of our group . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darthdicky Posted February 24, 2008 Share Posted February 24, 2008 Put some of my pictures up here - unfortunately it's sorted them all in reverse order and I can't seem to swap it so start at the bottom if you're looking through them. A few of the better ones... Still smiling despite the problems! The bonnet reshaping! Richard Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve 90 Posted February 24, 2008 Share Posted February 24, 2008 Thanks to everyone, James, Anton, all the marshals and everyone else that made it possible. We had a fantastic day, The punch's were brilliant, Quite tight in places but we've come to expect that from the Twisted Mr T! The event ran smoothly which is a credit to those organizing with such a large entry. Our day went well, Started a bit too cautious as we didn't want to break anything but looking back probably waisted a bit of time, Tho we got into the swing as the day went on. Shame we spent a couple of minutes looking for the sixth punch on the special before we realized there was only 5 and the last bearing took us to the finish but Mark did brilliantly finding all the right punch's. The truck seems to have come out surprisingly well, The power steering pump went sick about lunch time which made working through the trees a nightmare but the only damage was a broken side light lens from catching a tree while pulling off the main track to let another vehicle past, Doh!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JST Posted February 25, 2008 Author Share Posted February 25, 2008 All competitors should now of had an email with me with the scores on them, if not please drop me a line. Event Results: Modified Scores: 1st TEAM GIGGLEPIN (Steve Gittins and Mark Morgan)– 1228pts 2nd Simon Buck and Matt Cook – 1091pts 3rd TEAM OEC (Jason Farr and Paul Milsom) – 963pts 4th TEAM GIGGLEPIN (Jim Marsden and Adrian Turner) – 861pts 5th Mark England and Paul Hutchings - 815pts 6th Tim Jones and Darren Church - 767pts 7th John Piper and Andy Smith – 481pts 8th Mike Cuff and Sam Fletcher – 465pts 9th Shaun Harris and Steve Williams – 440pts 10th Paul Hooper and Ritch Green– 409pts 11th Graeme Mitchell and Rob Langley - 405pts 12th Just Degan and Gary Sprigmore – 373pts 13th Tony Cordell and Mike Dunlop– 371pts 14th Bert and Dan Smith – 333pts 15th Kris Murphy and Craig Hope – 193pts (retired early) 16th Pete Mitchell and Adrian Pike - 74points (retired early) DNS - Will Overton – DNS DNS - Alen Cousins – DNS Std+1 Results: 1st Bob and Dawn Smith – 1467 2nd Ian Moulsdale and Ryan Price – 1042 3rd Paul Radford and Joseph Jacobs - 967 4th Shaun Houghton and Ben - 950 DNS David Webber DNS Anthony Bennett Std Results: 1st Rob and Lewis Alderson 1467pts 2nd Simon Parsons and Chris Solway - 867pts 3rd Keith Knight and Simon Elvins- 767pts Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D9OSV Posted February 25, 2008 Share Posted February 25, 2008 What a great day Some really good hard punches and very tough winching (Loved it)with the shortest bits of strimmer cord seen outside of B&Q B) We really enjoyed it with car working really well until head gasket decided it did not want to play any more, then crawled home to uncle Bucks at 20mph. I hope these events continue to get the support they deserve as they really are very good. Do not go if you don't like hanging from a bit of string above some very large drops. But DO go if you want to be tested and pushed by some great terrain and some very good crews. Simply awesome Jim Ps: We'll be back Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bull Bar Cowboy Posted February 25, 2008 Share Posted February 25, 2008 Jim, It was really nice to have you on board for the day as its a long way from Kent ............. The site is typical of Devon .................... clay or shale substrate with deep gulley's and steep hill sides........and punches set out to test both driver, codrvier, and vehicle ability .............James is really good at setting out................... big drops are something that we are used to............... I shoot on 4 farms ............. they all have terrain like you saw on Sat ................ I felt that the site was a little more awkward due to the conditions ............. we have had weeks of rain and the site was just beginning to dry so the clay was very sticky ........... if it had been wetter or dryer then most folk would have found to be a totally different ball game. Simex were the ideal tyre choice and seem to work perfectly ......... Dont worry about spaying me with mud, I never really noticed.............its all part of the fun ............... I hope you guys had uneventful journeys home and look forward to seeing you again.............. Ian Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ciderman Posted February 25, 2008 Share Posted February 25, 2008 )with the shortest bits of strimmer cord seen outside of B&Q B) Jim Welcome to James World He is a cruel but fair bugger . The short cords are punishment for those who have torn them off on previous events , Unfortunatly the rest of us suffer Good to see yall again . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian M Posted February 25, 2008 Share Posted February 25, 2008 just out of interest james, what was the most punches 1 team did? and did anyone do the punch in the main woods, you go down the hill, over the bridge, sharp left, and all the way down to the end, drop left in towards the stream and then it was up the valley on the right and the boundary fence? also big thanks to treebloke (bob smith) well and trully got us of the stick stuff when we had the tralier problem on friday afternoon by lending us his spare one! Thanks Cracking event , cant wait for the rest of the series! Ian Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ciderman Posted February 25, 2008 Share Posted February 25, 2008 Ian , I think I know the punc h you are on about , we got there after dinner and the approach was completely chewed , We took off and approached it from the top track just left of the start gate , dropped down a bank through the stream , but as normal there was about 6" of cord on it , and tied down nice and low Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JST Posted February 26, 2008 Author Share Posted February 26, 2008 Ian, yep all the punches were achieved, the most by D4x4 and OEC teams with 31 or 30 each (IIRC) anyway they are on the results sheet you had emailed through so you can scroll through and see who got what. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve 90 Posted February 26, 2008 Share Posted February 26, 2008 Ian, yep all the punches were achieved, the most by D4x4 and OEC teams with 31 or 30 each (IIRC) anyway they are on the results sheet you had emailed through so you can scroll through and see who got what. I see that Simon and Jason both had 31 punch's, We had 30 and Jim had 29 so it was pretty close. The thing I do notice tho is that the punch values are all very low. You usually have a couple of 100/200 point punch's at the end of the day but this time, possibly due to the larger entry, the highest value was 67 with most the punch's down in the 20's,30,s and 40,s. Makes the Harder ones less worth while but does keep the competition closer which can only be a good thing! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve 90 Posted February 26, 2008 Share Posted February 26, 2008 Ian , I think I know the punc h you are on about , we got there after dinner and the approach was completely chewed , We took off and approached it from the top track just left of the start gate , dropped down a bank through the stream , but as normal there was about 6" of cord on it , and tied down nice and low Yea, I think you followed us in there Jase and Jim did it before us so atleast 3 had it, Probably more. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D9OSV Posted February 26, 2008 Share Posted February 26, 2008 I remember that punch......... I said to Adrain "Do you here anything? sounds like the fron wings being ripped of?" Answer "No Keep Winching" Get punch, reverse out of punch, Adrain: "Ahhh, perhaps you did hear something!" Looks like i'll be fitting new panesl to that wing frame then But that was a particluarly short cord on that one Nice to see it so close at the top, just goes to show, one slip, one bit of bad luck, one punch lost and you have got to work very hard to get back into it. Great fun Jim B) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ciderman Posted February 26, 2008 Share Posted February 26, 2008 As Steve said the punch values were very low due to the numer of entries , I think it was all down to getting your act together for the special stages , Something we lacked !! We had a damn good craic and enjoyed every minuite of the day Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
treebloke Posted February 26, 2008 Share Posted February 26, 2008 we got there after dinner Oh arrh, was there some chips knockin about or summat. I didnt see Pugwash. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ciderman Posted February 26, 2008 Share Posted February 26, 2008 Twas a zider stop Bob, We went to our SS 40 mns too early , so we had a swift one. Shame Jim sold the Chipper , Used to look foward to the Fish and Chips . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shaunus Posted February 27, 2008 Share Posted February 27, 2008 A very entertaining day, even with all the problems that a cured (punchers, mini melt down with fire, being late more than once etc) but it was worth it through and through. Anyway at least I found all problems in one go and I'll ready for round 2 (hopefully). The rear Superwinch is being replaced with a very tidy Husky but then again I might sell them both and put something else on instead, decisions decisions Well done James and to all the guys at OEC, X-Eng and the hard working marshals So frustrating to see all those lovely placed punches and not having the means to get to them We have a 30 second film of a largish co driver running around and then jumping off a high platform onto his driver’s bonnet. Mmmmmmm great cheers by all, not to sure about Ciderman’s face. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
honitonhobbit Posted February 27, 2008 Share Posted February 27, 2008 Shaun, admit it, you set fire to the truck as an Xcuse when you saw the standard of competition! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bull Bar Cowboy Posted February 27, 2008 Share Posted February 27, 2008 We have a 30 second film of a largish co driver running around and then jumping off a high platform onto his driver’s bonnet. Mmmmmmm great cheers by all, not to sure about Ciderman’s face. Jase ........... I bet you are glad that pugwash is not your bitch ..........(Oooooer better re-phrase that) Ian Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shaunus Posted February 27, 2008 Share Posted February 27, 2008 Shaun, admit it, you set fire to the truck as an Xcuse when you saw the standard of competition! You might be right, At the moment I can only "Talk the Talk" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pugwash Posted February 27, 2008 Share Posted February 27, 2008 Jase ........... I bet you are glad that pugwash is not your bitch ..........(Oooooer better re-phrase that) Ian Right gildersleve, you, me outside NOW and i'll reshape your bonnet for you free of charge Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ciderman Posted February 27, 2008 Share Posted February 27, 2008 Im staying out of this one Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JST Posted February 28, 2008 Author Share Posted February 28, 2008 Shaun stick the video up on Utube then so we can all see i will link it into the site, did it occur soon after my front page photo? also event report is here: 23 Feb report & Pics Results will go live in a couple of days, a couple of teething problems with the first issue - sorry Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ciderman Posted February 28, 2008 Share Posted February 28, 2008 He jumped so hard it sent tremours all the way up the country for days Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JST Posted February 28, 2008 Author Share Posted February 28, 2008 i wouldnt have thought he would have to jump that hard for that affect! anyway must rush off now with the link to the report above and OFarmer lurking here tonight i best leave before he reads it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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